Isililo
4:1 Yeka ukuthi igolide lifiphele kanjani! igolide elicwengekileyo liguqulwa kanjani! i
amatshe endlu engcwele achithiwe ezingosini zazo zonke izitaladi.
4:2 Amadodana ayigugu aseSiyoni, uma kuqhathaniswa negolide elicwengekileyo, banjani
bathi njengezitsha zobumba, umsebenzi wezandla zombumbi.
4:3 Ngisho nezilo zasolwandle zikhipha ibele, zincelisa amaphuphu azo
Indodakazi yabantu bami isinonya njengezintshe
ihlane.
4:4 Ulimi lomntwana oncelayo lunamathela olwangeni lwakhe
ukoma: abantwana bacela isinkwa, kepha akakho obahlephula.
4:5 Labo ababedla ngokunethezeka bachithekile ezitaladini
bakhuliswa ngengubo ebomvu bagone amaduli.
4:6 Ngoba isijeziso sobubi bendodakazi yabantu bami
esikhulu kunesijeziso sesono saseSodoma, elachithwa njenge
ngesikhashana nje, akwabakho zandla kuye.
4:7 AmaNazaretha alo ayehlanzekile kuneqhwa, ayemhlophe kunobisi, wona
zazibomvu emzimbeni kunamarubi, ukucwebeshwa kwazo kwakungamasafire;
4:8 Ubuso babo mnyama kunelahle; abaziwa ezitaladini.
isikhumba sabo sinamathele emathanjeni abo; ibunile, ibe njenge
induku.
4:9 Labo ababulewe ngenkemba bangcono kunalabo ababulewe
ngendlala; ngokuba laba bayafa, bebulawa ukuswela
izithelo zensimu.
4:10 Izandla zabesifazane abahawukelayo ziye zapheka abantwana babo
ukudla kwabo ekubhujisweni kwendodakazi yabantu bami.
4:11 UJehova ufezile ukufutheka kwakhe; uthululile ulaka lwakhe
ukuthukuthela, kokhele umlilo eSiyoni, kudle uJehova
izisekelo zalo.
4:12 Amakhosi omhlaba, futhi bonke abakhileyo emhlabeni, babengafuni
baye bakholwa ukuthi isitha nesitha bekufanele singene
amasango eJerusalema.
4:13 Ngenxa yezono zabaprofethi balo, nobubi babapristi balo, ukuthi
bachithe igazi labalungileyo phakathi kwalo;
4:14 Baye bazulazula njengezimpumputhe ezitaladini, baye bangcolisa
ngegazi, kangangokuthi abantu babengenakuthinta izingubo zabo.
4:15 Bamemeza kubo, bathi: "Suka; ingcolile; suka, suka, thinta
hhayi: lapho bebaleka futhi bezulazula, bathi phakathi kwabezizwe: Bona
akasayikugogobala khona.
4:16 Intukuthelo kaJehova ibahlukanise phakathi; akasayikubanaka;
kabahloniphanga ubuso babapristi, kabakhethanga
abadala.
4:17 Kepha thina, amehlo ethu asalokhu efiphele usizo lwethu oluyize, ekubhekeni kwethu
sibhekile isizwe esingenakusisindisa.
4:18 Bazingela izinyathelo zethu, ukuze singakwazi ukuhamba ezitaladini zethu; ukuphela kwethu kuseduze.
izinsuku zethu zigcwalisekile; ngoba ukuphela kwethu sekufikile.
4:19 Abashushisi bethu bayashesha kunezinkozi zezulu, baxosha
thina ezintabeni, basiqamekela ehlane.
4:20 Umoya emakhaleni ethu, ogcotshiweyo kaJehova, wabanjwa phakathi kwabo
imigodi, esasho ngayo ukuthi: ‘Emthunzini wakhe siyakuhlala phakathi kwabezizwe.
4:21 Jabula futhi ujabule, O ndodakazi ka-Edomi, ohlala ezweni lakwa-Edomi
Uz; indebe iyakudlulela kuwe; uyakudakwa,
futhi uzenze nqunu.
4:22 Isijeziso sobubi bakho sifeziwe, ndodakazi yaseSiyoni; yena
akasayikukuyisa ekuthunjweni; uyakuhambela okwakho
ububi, ndodakazi yakwa-Edomi; uzambula izono zakho.